Cigarette cork-tipping machine.



V. 8: J. RAGONA.

CIGARETTE CORK TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 11, 1908.

1,131,790. Patented Mar.16,1915.

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CIGARETTE CORK TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 11, 1908.

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CIGARETTE CORK-TIPPING MAGHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

. Application filed February 11, 1908. Serial No. 415,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VINCENT RAGONA and JOHN RAGONA, a citizen of the United States and a subject of the King of Italy, respectively, and residents of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Cork-Tipping Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a machine in which the cigarettes, after they are made, are tipped with a layer of cork to serve as a mouthpiece.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, eflicient and durable machine in which the cigarettes are automatically taken from a hopper or otherwise, and no matter what the form, grade, or nature of the cigarette may be are each independently held and fed successively to receive the cork-tipping material, which is automatically fed and formed around the end of the cigarettes, and the cigarettes automatically displaced when tipped by others all in a continuous operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide mechanism which is simple in construction, and is so arranged that the machine will not easily get out of order or become inoperative by reason of the collection of tobacco dust and the like from any part of the machine, and in which each part or mechanism is in effect distinct from any other mechanism though performing its function in regular sequence, so that if any part is injured by accident or otherwise, it may be readily replaced by another part without affecting other features of the ma chine, all of which parts may be operated from a single drive-shaft, thus materially simplifying and making the machine more effective.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudi nal section through the main drive-shaft of the machine, showing in elevation the front side of the machine, the section being taken on the line I-I of Fig. 2 of one form of machine embodying our invention. Fig. 2

is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view through the cigarrette-carrying belt or apron. Fig. 4 is a front end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail of the cutting device for cutting the tipping material. Fig. 5 is a rear side elevation. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional plan of the gripping and feeding means for the cork material, the section be ing taken on the line Vii-VI of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical section showing in end elevation the cork-feeding means shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical section, partly in elevation, of the mechanism for imparting a rotary movement to the cigarette while the tipping material is wound thereon, and the means for registering the cigarette and holding the material while being applied to the cigarette. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, showing the means for operating the feeding device for the tipping material, and the means for operating the paste-applying roll. Fig. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the pasteholding pot or receptacle; and Fig. 11 is a vertical section, part1 in elevation, taken on the line XI-\:I of Figs. 2 and 5.

The frame 10 may be of any suitable construction, and suitably supported thereon is a hopper or receptacle 11 in which may be placed the cigarettes en masse, so that they may extend transversely thereof and fall by gravity toward the open bottom of said receptacle, and adapted to move under said hopper is a belt or apron 12. This apron forms the bottom for the hopper and is preferably made of leather, though other material may be used, and is provided with grooves or recesses 13, one for each cigarette. The grooves do not extend continuously across the width of the belt, but are cut away, as at 14, lengthwise of the belt to provide a groove 14 in order that the cigarettes may be inspected by the attendant of the machine as the belt moves along, as it is desirable that the overlapping parts or joints of the tipping material correspond with the joints of the wrappers of the cigarettes, the said groove permitting the attendant to turn the ciga"ettes over in case the wrong side should be uppermost. The belt 12 is of sufficient length, and normally moves between the guide plates 15, which may form a continuation of the sides of the hopper 11, and tend to prevent the ciga-. The belt rettes from becoming displaced.

is provided with a plurality of apertures 16 which are engaged by pins or teeth 17 arranged on a drum 18, and which form a sprocket wheel, so that said teeth will move the belt as the said sprocket wheel 18 is rotated, and said apertures in the belt are preferably formed by means of metallic eyes or fasteners 19, so as to provide a metal bearing surface for the sprocket wheel teeth.

The sprocket wheel 18 is rotatably held in a bracket 20 at one end of the machine, and the other end of the belt is movable around a sprocket wheel or drum 21, which is held to rotate in a bracket 22. On the shaft 23 of the sprocket wheel 18 is a ratchet wheel 2%, and this ratchet wheel is adapted to be engaged by the pawl 25, Figs. 1 and 2, and said pawl is carried by a lever 26, which is pivoted, at 27, to the bracket 22, and has its lower end connected to the end of an eccentric rod 28, the eccentric 29 of which is arranged on the main drive-shaft 30. 'The main drive-shaft 30 is provided with a pulley 31, and also a hand wheel 32 by which the said shaft may be rotated either manually or by power as desired, and as said drive-shaft is rotated the eccentric 29 will operate the lever 26 and pawl 25, and will impart a step-by-step movement to the shaft 28, and thereby impart a like movement. to the belt 12, so that the cigarettes may be fed forward from the hopper 11 as the said belt is moved, there being just suflicient space at the end of the hopper for the belt and cigarettes to be held thereby to pass, so that only one cigarette can be held at a time in each recess or transverse groove 13.

As the belt 12 is given a step-by-step movement to advance the cigarettes and carry them forward, the said cigarettes will be placed successively in alinement with the transversely movable ejecting device or rod 33. This rod is arranged over the main drive-shaft 30, and is supported in brackets 3% at or near the ends thereof, and said rod or ejector is adapted to successively force the cigarettes from-the belt in position to have the tipping material placed thereon. This ejector or device 33 may be operated in any suitable way. As shown the device is provided with a collar 35, and this collar is engaged by the forked end of a lever 36, Fig. l, which is pivoted to a part of the machinevfraine, and has its lower end connected by a link 37 to a pivoted lever 38. The lever 38 is provided at one end with a roll 39, and this roll is engaged by a groove in the cam 40 located on the main driveshaft 30, and as said cam is rotated the levers 38 and 36 will be moved on their pivots, and a recip1'0catory movement imparted to the ejecting device or rod 33, which will force one of the cigarettes at each reciprocation thereof from the belt 1-2 into a tubularr holder 41 entirely clear of the 'belt, and

is a gripping member or plate 61.

far enough to have its end project'beyond said tubular holder.

The cork or other tipping material 42 is v a roller47, which is carried upon the end of an arm 48, and this arm 48 is operatively connected to a lever 49, which is normally forced in one direction by a spring 50, so as to raise the tipping material in position to have the paste or other adhesive substance applied thereto, as will be presently described. This lever e29 is arranged in the path of an eccentric 51, which is held to the machine frame 10, and said eccentric has a handle 52, by which the eccentric can be moved to raise or lower the roll 47 to have the paste applied thereto or not as desired, the machine frame being provided with an opening53 to permit the movement ofsaid lifting roll 4-7. 7

To feed the tipping material the proper distance in order that the same may be wound on the end of the cigarettes, we provide a gripping and feeding device, as at 5 1. The feeding means or device may be variously'constructed. A plate 55 having upwardly projecting sides 56 to guide the tipping material is held to a longitudinally reciprccatory block 57, and this block is slidingly held in a slot 58, Figs. 6 and 7, and is secured to a cross-head 58 which moves between the guides 59. This plate or member is provided with bosses 60 on the sides 56, and pivotally held between said bosses This member 61 extends on opposite sides of its pivoting bolt 62, and has one end bent dowir wardly, as at 63, so as to form a gripping tooth or edge, and which is .adapted to clamp the material between said edge and the member 55, the said member 6l-being normally forced downward into clamping position by means of a spring 6%, one end of which engages said member 63, and the other end being fastened to a screw arranged upon the sliding block 57. The member 61 is provided with a projecting and engaging portion 65, and this portion 65 is adapted to move in the path of a fixed cam 66, Figs. 2 and 6, so that in its movement to feed the material forward the said camc66 will engage the projecting portion 65, and will raise said member on its pivot to release the same from engagement with lever or pawl 69 is pivoted at 70 to the block 57. and is normally forced outward to the position shown in Fig. 7 by means of the spring 71, in which position the end of the member 61 is retained and said member held in a released position. This will permit the feeding device to be moved backward leaving the tipping material in position to be wound upon the end of the cigarette, and on the backward movement of the feeding device the pawl or lever 69 will be engaged by a fixed cam 72 on the machine frame. The cam 72 will disengage the pawl 69, so as to release the member 61 therefrom, and the spring til will then force the member downward to cause the end 63 of the member 61 to again clamp the material for the next feeding movement.

The cross-head 58 of the feeding device 554i is provided with a block 73, and this block is engaged by the slotted end of a lever 74 which is pivoted at 75 to the machine frame, Figs. 1 and 9, and said lever carries an arm 76 which has one end guided by a pin or bolt 77 or otherwise, and on the other end of said arm is a roll 78, which is adapted to be operated by a cam 79 carried by the main drive-shaft 30, so that at each rotation of said shaft the lever 74 will be rocked so as to give a complete reciprocation to said feeding device 51. A lever 80 is pivoted at 81, and has its upper end normally engaging the end of the lever Tel, and its lower end forced in one direction by the spring 82, by which means the roll 78 is normally held in engagement with the cam 79, the mechanism thus described serving to operate the feeding device to place the tipping material in position to be wrapped around the end of the cigarette.

It is necessary before feeding the tipping material to the feeding means that one side of the said material have an adhesive substance applied thereto. To efi ect this any suitable means may be employed. As shown the material 42 is forced by the roll 17, when the lever 49 is released by the eccentric 51, into engagement with a paste-applying roll 83 of an adhesive-applying device 8%. The roll 83 has its shaft rotatably held in a part of the plate receptacle S5 and the machine frame, and on one end of the shaft is a gear 86, which is in mesh with a pinion 87, and this pinion is operated by a gear 88 carried by a stud or shaft 89. This stud or shaft 89 is carried by the end of a bracket 90, and this bracket is adjustably held on the machine frame by means of a screw or bolt 91, so that different sizes of gears may be placed on the stud 89 in order to rotate the paste-applying roll faster or slower according to the size of the cigarette to be made so that the tipping material may be fed faster or slower as desired. On the stud 89 is a sprocket wheel 92, and this sprocket wheel has a chain 93 passing around the same, and said chain is operated by a sprocket 94: located on the drive-shaft 30, by which positive movement is imparted to the paste-applying wheel 83. The pasteapplying wheel 83, Fig. 10, is adapted to rotate in the paste within the receptacle 85, and movably held to the receptacle or pot is a plate 95, which is slidingly held under the receptacle in suitable guides, and is adapted to regulate the thickness of the paste on said roll. This plate 95 may be adjusted by means of a screw 96 and nuts 97 supported by a bracket 98 projecting from the receptacle 85. is, movable cover is pivoted within the receptacle 85, as at 100, and this cover is adapted to be swung upward and downward so as to force the paste or adhesive substance on to the roll 83. This cover 99 has a bracket 101 projecting upward therefrom, and to this bracket is connected a rod 102, on the outer end of which is removably held the end of a rod 103. This rod 103 is held at its lower end to a crank disk on one end of the shaft 10a of the paste-applying roll 83, so that at each rotation of the roll the said rod 103 will move the cover or plate 99 on its pivot 100, and said rod 103 is hinged at 105 so that by disconnecting the upper end thereof from the rod 102, by a nut or otherwise, the said rod may be easily released to permit the cover to be raised to fill the receptacle with paste.

To keep the tipping material free from tobacco dust and the like, the tipping material is caused to ess between the rolls and 106, Figs. 5 and 11, and these rolls may have their surface provided with rubber, felt or other material, so as to serve to clean the surface of the cork as it is fed therethrough, and to rotate said rolls a belt 107 passes between and around the rolls 106, 18, and 108, and around a roll 109, which may be operated by the gear 89, Fig. 9, or in any suitable way.

When the cigarettes are ejected successively and forced from the carryin belt into the tubular holder 41, the end or each cigarette is forced far enough beyond the end of said tube to receive the tipping material, and to sustain the cigarette and hold the same with suii'icient friction to have the tipping material appli d thereto, the said tube is provided with one or more spring fingers 110, between which the said cigarette is gripped as it is forced outward through said holder, the said holder being provided with slots to permit proper movement of said springs. The holoer 11 may be elliptical in cross section or otherwise made to conform to the general contour of the cigarettes, and said holder is held in a sleeve 111, which is adapted to rotate in the machine frame and to impart a rotary movemeat to each cigarette while being tipped. The sleeve 111 is provided with a gear 112 at one end, and this gear at the proper time is adapted to be engaged by the teeth of a segmental gear 118, which is carriedby the drive-shaft 80, so that at each rotation of the drive-shaft a proper rotary movement will be imparted to the sleeve 111 and the cigarette in the tubular holder 41 to have the tipping material wound thereon as Wlll be presently described. The sleeve 111 may be provided with a projection or pm 11 1, which may engage a spring or other memher 115 to normally hold the gear 112 and sleeve in its proper relative position with respect to the segmental gear 113 at each rotary movement thereof, the said gears being so proportioned that any suitable rotary movement may be imparted to the cigarette.

The end of the cigaretteshould be registered for the tipping material and to secure this a registering device 116 is pivotally held, as at 117, to a vertically movable block or cross-head 118. This block or cross-head is slidingly held in the frame 10, and on the end of said cross-head is a roller 119, Fig. 8, which normally en ages a cam 120 carried by the drive-shaft :50. The cross-head 118 is normally forced downward by a plate 121 which is connected to a spring 122 so that at each rotation of the cam 120 a vertically reciprocatory movement is imparted to the cross-head 118. The registering device 116 is normally forced inward at its upper end by a spring 128, and at its lower end is provided with a roller 12 1, which is engaged by a cam 125 on the drive-shaft 30, the cams 125 and 120 being so positioned that as the cross-head 118 is given an upward movement, the cam 125 will cause the upper end of the registering device 116 to force the end of the cigarette inward in order that the same may be properly registered to receive the tipping material. When the material is fed forward by the feeding device 5% it will rest between the guides 126 of a presser block 127. This presser block 127 is normally forced upward by means of springs 128 arranged around the vertical posts 129, and these posts 129 are carried by the cross head 118, so that immediately the end of the cigarette is registered by the device 116, the said plate will force the end of the tipping material into engagement with the surface of the cigarette so as to cause the same to adhere thereto. .An arm 129, Figs. 2 and 5, is held to the end of a shaft 130, and this shaft projects through the frame, and on the inner end thereof is provided with an arm 130 as shown best in Fig. 9. The arm 130 has a roller 131 which is normally held inthe path of a cam 132 by means of a spring 183, and said cam is provided with two cam portions 134 and 135, so that two dis tinct movements will be given at the proper time to the arm 129. This arm 129- in its first movement engages the upper surface of the cigarette when the plate 127 moves to cause the end of the tipping material to ad here thereto, and said arm moves away from the cigarette at which time the sleeve 111 is rotated through the gears 112 and 113 to cause the tipping material to be wound on the end of the cigarette and said arm again moves downward so as togive a final pressing action on the end of the cigarette to cause the tipping material where it overlaps to better adherethereto.

Before the tipping material is wound upon the end of the cigarette it is cut the desired length. This may be accomplished in any suitable way. As shown we provide two cutting blades 136 and 137 as best shown Figs. and 4?. These blades have an action similar to those of ordinary shears, and each blade has an arm 138, and is pivoted at 139 to an adjustable bracket 1 10 projecting outward from the machine frame. These arms 138 are connected to levers 1 11, which are pivoted together at name on the lower ends of said arms are rollers 1 13, which are adapted to span a cam 1 1 1 arranged on the drive-shaft 30. The rolls on the end of the levers 1 11 are normally forced toward the cam 144: by means of a spring 1 15, and said cam is adapted tonormally hold the blades 136 and 137 open, and when the cam is in a predetermined position, owing to a reduced portion thereof, as at 1 16, Fig. 2, the

spring 1 15 will cause the blades 136 and 137 to quickly move together and cut the material the desired length. 7

It will be seen that the entire operating mechanism is mounted upon a single driveshaft 30, and that this drive-shaft may be operated manually by the wheel 32 or the said drive-shaft may be driven by power by the pulley 37. The pulley 37 may be loose upon the drive-shaft, and may be held to rotate with said shaft by means of a clutch 1 17, and this clutch may be shifted into and out of engagement with the pulley'by means of a. link 141-8 connected to the end of a hand lever 1 19, which may be pivoted at 150 to the machine frame as best shown in Figs. 2 andd. r V w The operation. of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. Assuming he parts to be in the position shown, and the hopper or receptacle 11 filled with cigarettes, and the drive-shaft operated by either hand or power, it will be seen that the belt 12 will. be given a step-by-step movement, and will carry the cigarettes lengthwise of the machine from the hopper properly spaced apart according to the grooves in said belt until they are 1n position'opposite the tubular holder 41. At this time the bar or ejecting device 33 will be operated by means of the cam and levers 38 and 36, and will force a cigarette from the belt into said holder 4-1. The cork tipping material 322 will i7 6 fed forward as the cigarette carrying belt is moved, and the tipping material is fed forward it will be cleaned by the rolls l" and 106, and will have paste or other adhesive substance 5;, plied to the surfa -e thereof from the pot 85 by means of the pasteapplying roll 83. The forward part of the tipping material is engaged by the feeding device 5 and will be carried far enough to rest between the guides 126 of the plate 12?. This plate is then moved upward by means of the vertically movable block 18, and by the cam 120, and in its upward movement will cause the tipping material to here to the end of the cigarette, the ciga- "te having been previously made to regfswith the edge of the tipping material by ans of th device 116 as already eX- ette to prevent the end thereof from being bent or broken. As the tipping material is fed forward by the feeding device 54-, and the said device restored to its nor mal position, the movable member 61 thereof will be r leased by the cam 66 so as to leave the tipping material in position to be wound on the cigarette, the cutting device being then operated to cut the cork tipping material the desired length. At this time the segmental gear 11.8 will impart a rotary movement to the sleeve 112, which will rotate the tubular holder l1 and the cigarette, and will wind the tipping material thereon, the overlapping portion of the tipping material being pressed against the cigarette bodyby a second movement of the arm 129 soon as the cigarette is completed the belt is again shifted to bring the next cigarette in alinement with the holder ll-1 when the rod 3 :3 will again be operated to force the cigarette from the belt 12 into the holder ll, thereby forcing the cigarette already tipped from said holder into any suitable recepprovided therefor.

V8 iile we have shown the invention as applied to wrapping a certain material upon the ends of a cigarette to form a mouthpiece tlOTQfOP, some of the features of the invention may be used in other relations and other material than cork may be employed for tipping the cigarettes; and instead of plrinitting or causing the cigarettes to fall simply by gravity in the hopper the said hopper may be provided with means within the same to agitate the cigarettes and to cause them to drop more readily, or the said hopper, if desired, may be vibrated to cause the cigarettes to position themselves prop erly and quickly on to the belt 12,

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and effective machine for tipping the ends of cigarettes is provided in which all the mechanism is operated from a single drive-shaft; that the mechanism is so constructed and arranged that it will not easily get out of order and is readily accessible in case of repairs or for other purposes; that simple and ellicient means is provided for applying the adhesive substance to the tipping material, and that the tipping material may be kept clean and free from tobacco dust and the ike.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a traveling belt, of means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a step-by-step 1n vement to said belt, a rotary holder, means for forcing the cigarettes successively from the belt to the holder, ieans for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, means for cleaning the material, a reciprocatory feeding device adapted to grip the material feed it forward adiaceut to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, a device for registering the cigarette and movable with the last-mentioned means, and an arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette immediately the tipping material is applied thereto and after said material has been rolled on the end of the cigarette to cause said material to adhere thereto.

In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a drive-shaft, of a traveling belt, means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a step-bv-step movement to said belt, a rotary holder,

means for forcing the cigarettes sucessivelv from the belt to the holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for aoplving an adhesive substance to one side of said material, means for cleaning the material. a feeding device adapted to grip the material and feed it forward adjacent to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engage ment with the end of the cigarette, means for registering the cigarette, and means adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette immediately the tipping material is applied thereto, all operated direct from said driveshaft.

3. In a cigarette tipping mach ne, the combination with means for supplying cigarettes, of a rotary holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material,

feeding means adapted to grip the material and feed it forward adjacent to th cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, a

to, all operated from a common drive-shafta 4:. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a rotary holder, of means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, means for cleaning the material, feeding means adapted to grip the material and feed it forward adjacent to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, a device for registering the cigarette and movable with the last-mentioned means, and an arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette immediately the tipping material is applied thereto.

5. In a cigarette tipping machine, the com bination "ith a rotary holder, of means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to said material, a reciprocatory feeding device adapted to grip the material and feed it forward adjacent to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the device.

6. In a cigarette tipping machine, the

combination with a traveling belt, of means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a step-by-step movement to said belt, a rotary holder, means for forcing the cigarettes successively from the belt to the a holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, feeding means adapted to grip the material and feed it forward 1 adjacent to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, and a registering device arranged to impart a longitudinal movement to a cigarette, and a reciprocating carrier for said forcing means and said registering device.

' belt. a rotary holder, means forcing the cigarettes successively from the beltto the holder, means for rotating the holder, means 7 for supporting the tipping material, means adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette immediately the material is applied thereto and after said material has been rolled on the end of the cigarette to cause said material to adhere thereto.

8. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a traveling belt, of means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a stepby-step movement to said i sit, a rotary holder, means for forcing the cigarettes successively from the belt to the holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supportin the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, feeding means adapted to grip the material. and feed it for ward adjacent to the cigarette holder, means for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, a device for registering the cigarette and movable with the last mentioned means, and means adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarettes immediately the tipping material is applied thereto and after said material has been rolled on the end of the cigarette to cause said material to adhere thereto.

In a. cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a traveling belt, of means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a step-by-step movement to said belt, a rotary holder, means for forcing the cigarettes successively from the belt to the holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, feeding means adapted to feed the material adjacent to the cigarette holder, means'for forcing the material into engagement with the end of the cigarette, a reciprocatingcarrier for said forcing means, and a regi tering device pivotally mounted in said carrier.

10. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with a traveling belt, of means for supplying cigarettes thereto, means for giving a step-by-step movement to said belt, a rotary holder, means for forcing the cigarettes successively from the belt to the holder, means for rotating the holder, means for supporting the tipping material, means for applying an adhesive substance to one side of said material, cleaning rolls engaging said strip, feeding means adapted to grip the material and feed it forward adj acent to the cigarette holder, and means adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigaretteimmediately the tipping material has been rolled on the end of the cigarette to cause said material to adhere thereto.

11. T ie combination with an intermittently movable belt adapted to receive cigarettes spaced apart thereon, of means for moving said belt, a rotatable tubular holding device, for intern'i'ttently rotating said device, a movable re istering device adapted to aline the cigaret'e, a movable yielding plate, means for supplying tipping material to said plate, a cutting device for cutting the tipping material, together with an a an adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette as the plate moves vertically to force the mat rial. against the body of the cigarette and after the material has been Wound on the end oi the cigarette by the rotary movement oi the said tubular holder.

12. The combination with an intermittently m vable belt adapted to receive cigarettes spaced apart thereon, of means for moving said belt, a rotatable holding device, means for intermittently rotating said vice, a laterally movable registering device adapted to position the cigarette, a resiliently mounted presser block provided with flanges, means for supplying tipping material to presser block, and a cutting device for cutting the tipping material.

13. The combination with a rotatable tubular holding device, means for intermittently rotating said device, a movable registering device ad apted to aline the cigarette, a movable yielding plate, means for supplying tipping material to said plate, a cutting device for cutting the tipping material, together with an arm adapted to engage the upper surface of the cigarette as the plate moves vertically to force the material against the body of the cigarette and after the material has been Wound on the end of the cigarette by the rotary movement of the said tubular holder.

l t. The combination with a rotatable belt adapted to receive cigarettes spaced apart thereon, of means for moving said belt, an intermittently rotating tubular holding device, means for rotating said device, a laterally movable registering device adapted to position the cigarette, a resiliently mounted presser blocl: provided with guide flanges, means for supplying tipping material to said presser block, and a cutting device for cutting the tipping material.

The combination with a cigarette hold r, means for supplying cigaret e in succession to said holder, means for intermittently rotatin said holder, a reghtering device for registering the ci W relation to the movement of the cigarette in the holder, to receive the tipping material, a prcsser bl ck, a vertically movable carrier for said registering device, said carrier constructed to support said presser ma said block, means for imparting a lateral move ment to said registering device, and means for supplying tipping material to Gigirette held by said holder.

16. The combination with a cigarette holder having yielding spring members therein adapted to hold the cigarette with a yielding pressure, of means for intermittently rotating said holc er, a registering de' vice for positioning the c arettcs in said holder, a presser block, tically movable carrier for said registering device, said carrier constructed to sup rt the presser block, means operable as the carrier is elevated for moving Silil registering device laterally to position the cigarette, and means for supplying tipping material to the cigarette.

1?. The combination with a cigarette holder adapted to hold. 2 cigarette, of means for supplying cigarettes in sue .ession to said holder, a gear carried by said holder, a shaft provided vi" a segmental gear for rotatsaid holder, registering device for positioning tl in said holder, a presser block ertically movable carrier 'd re g vice, said carrier cond 1 iresser block, means s elevated for movl device laterally to posi i neans for supplying to the cigarette. 18. The combination with a rotary tubular rctte holder and means for supplying -,,,;arettes thereto, of a vertically movable :lr an ted to force the t' inst the cigarette. said p esser L provided with 'noing nia ,rial, means for snpplying acutting device, adapted to engage the to said nresscr block, a having its end cigarette on the side operating the arm.

19. The combination with a rotary cigarette holder and mea rettss thereto, oil ve nor, elvielding l llo l adiorce the tipping mete, said presser langes for guiderial, means for superial to said presser block, a 5 means adapted to engage i the side opposite the presser holder, an endless belt'provided with transverse grooves to receive the cigarettes, said grooves being arranged to register with said holder, an e ector rod arranged to successively register with said holder and the.

holder, an ejector rod arranged to successively register with said holder and the grooves in top stretch of said belt, means for intermittently operating said belt, said holder and said rod in time with each other, and means for applying tipping material.

23. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for supporting a cigarette, a feeding device for the tipping material providedwith a gripping member, means for disengaging said gripping member, means for temporarily locking said gripping member in the disengaged position, and means for applying the tipping material to the cigarette.

24. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for supporting a cigarette, a feeding device for the tipping material provided with a gripping member, means for disengaging said gripping member, means for engaging said gripping member to temporarily lock the same in the disengaged position, means for cutting the tipping material as it is fed, and means for applying the severed portion of said tipping material to the cigarette.

25. In a cigarette tipping machine, means for supporting a cigarette, a feeding device for the tipping material provided with a gripping member, having a lateral arm or extension, means for intercepting the path of movement of said extension to disengage said gripping member, means for engaging said gripping member to temporarily lock the same in the disengaged position, and means for supplying the tipping material to the cigarette.

26. The combination with means for supporting cigarette tipping material, of a feed ing device for said material comprising a reciprccatory member, a member having an engaging end pivotally held to said reciprocatory member, a block to which said reciprocatory member is held, means for reciprocating the block and members, a spring normally forcing the pivotedmember toward the other member, a cam adapted to release the pivoted member from engagement with the material at a predetermined point, a pawl adapted to engage and hold the pivoted member released, a cam for releasing said pawl to cause the gripping member to again engage the material, means for cutting the material transversely, means for winding the material on the end of a cigarette, and means for supplying an mally forcing the pivoted member toward' the other member, a cam adapted to release the pivoted member from engagement with the 7 material at a predetermined point, a pawl adapted to engage and hold the pivoted member released, a cam for releasing said pawl to cause the gripping member to again engage the material, and means for winding the material on the end of a cigarette.

28. The combination with means for supporting cigarette tipping material, of a feeding device for said material comprising a'reciprocatory member, a yielding member pivotally held to said reciprocatory member, a block to which said reciprocatory memher is held, means for reciprocating the block and members, means normally forcing the pivoted member toward the other member, means adapted to release the pivoted member from engagement'with the material at a predetermined point, means adapted to engage and hold the pivoted member released, means for releasing the gripping member to again engage the material. and means for winding the material on the end of a cigarette.

. 29. lhe combination with means for supporting cigarette tipping material, of a feeding device for said material comprising a reciprocatory member, a member pivotally held to said reciprocatory member, a block to which said reciprocatory member is held, means for reciprocating the block and members, means normally forcing. the pivoted member toward the. other member, means i adapted to release the p voted member from engagement with the material at a predetermined point, means adaptedto engage and hold the pivoted member released, means for releasing the gripping member to again engage the material, means for cutting the material transversely, means for winding the material on the end of a cigarette, and means for supplying an adhesive material to one side of the tipping material.

30. The combination with a tubular holder, of a movable belt provided with grooves to receive the cigarettes and adapt ed to register with'said holder, an ejecting device mounted on same plane as top stretch of said belt and constructed to force the cigarettes successively from the belt to said holder. a lever, a drive shaft, a cam secured to said drive-shaft, a lever operated by said cam, and a link connecting the two levers together so that said cam will impart a reciprocatory movement to said ejecting device.

31. The combination with a tubular holder, of a movable belt provided with grooves to receive the cigarettes and adapted to register with said holder, an ejecting rod mounted on said plane as top stretch of said belt and constructed to force the cigarettes successively from the belt to said holder, a lever, a drive shaft, and means for imparting a reciprocatory movement to said ejecting rod.

32. T he combination with a tubular holder, of a movable belt provided with grooves to receive the cigarettes and adapted to register with said holder, an ejecting rod mounted on same plane as top stretch of said bolt and constructed to force the cigarettes successively from the belt to said holder, a lever, a drive-shaft, a cam secured to said drive shaft, and means operatively connecting the lever with the cam to impart a reciprocatory movement to said ejecting rod.

83. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding a strip of tipping material and means for applying said material to a cigarette. of a receptacle for adhesive material, a roll for applying the adhesive to said tipping material, a pivoted cover for said receptacle, and means for periodically rocking said cover.

34. In a cigarette tipping machine, the combination with means for feeding a strip of tipping material, and means for applying said material to a cigarette, of a receptacle for adhesive material. a roll for applying the adhesive to said tipping material, a pivotal cover for said receptacle. a crank disk mounted to rotate with said feed roll,

an operating lever connected with said cover and actuated by said crank dish to move said cover up and down in said receptacle.

35. The combination with means for supplying cigarettes, ef means for holding tipping material. means for applying the tipping material to the end of the cigarettes, a receptacle adapted to contain an adhesive substance. a. roll movable in said receptacle adapted to covey the adhesive substances to the tipping material, a pressure cover adapted to press adhesive substance against the movable roll in said receptacle, means for intermittently applying such pressure. a second roll movable under the material and adapted to force the material into engagement with the adhesive-applying roll, a. lever for moving the second roll, a spring acting thereagainst, and an eccentric device located adjacent the free end of said lever,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for and means for moving said device into engagement with lever to hold same against action of said spring.

36. The combination with means for holding tipping material, of a receptacle adapted to contain an adhesive substance, a roll movable in said receptacle adapted to convey the adhesive substance to the tipping material, a pressure cover adapted to press adhesive material against the movable roll in said receptacle, means for intermittently applying such pressure, a second roll movable under the material and adapt ed to force the material into engagement with the adhesive-applying roll, a lever for moving the second roll, a spring acting thereagainst, and an eccentric device for moving the lever.

37. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a feeding mechanism for the tipping material, means whereby said material is made adhesive, and means applying a portion of adhesive strip to the end of a cigarette, including therein a holder, of a conveying belt having a plurality of compartments formed thereon adapted to be successively alined with said holder, a delivery mechanism whereby cigarettes are transferred from the compartments of said belt to said holder successively, and means intermittently actuating said conveyer-belt whereby said belt is held stationary during the transfer of the cigarettes therefrom to said holder.

38. In a cigarette machine, the combination with a holder means whereby cigarettes are alined with said holder, a pusher rod adapted to transfer cigarettes from said means to said holder, a feeding mechanism for the tipping material, means whereby said material is made adhesive, and means in conjunction with said holder whereby a portion of strip is wrapped about the end of a cigarette, of a lever having a vertical and an oscillatory movement adapted to be alined with the forward end of said holder, and means actuating said lever whereby said lever will be below said holder as the cigarettes are ejected therefrom and each cigarette, as said plunger recedes, will be caused to follow said plunger to a limited extent to true up the cigarettes in said holder prior to the actuation of said wrapping mechanism.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of February A. D. 1908.

VINCENT RAGONA. JOHN RAGONA.

Witnesses:

L. M. BRIGUGLIO, WILLIAM. RAeoNA.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

